Scotland Yard, London’s police department, is in the process of electrifying its fleet of cars and motorcycles. They plan to change the first 250 vehicles within the next 12 months, but their 4000-car fleet could soon be completely electric as the city battles air pollution.

They claim to be considering all the options, even hydrogen fuel cells, but Tesla is also reportedly in the running since Met chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe says that he spoke to CEO Elon Musk about trialing Tesla’s vehicles.

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While Musk is the only CEO that Hogan-Howe mentioned talking to, the Met officials said that “they are in discussions with nearly all major car manufacturers including Ford, Mercedes, Nissan, Renault and VW to test vehicles ranging from cars to mopeds and vans.”

They are already testing the all-electric BMW i3 and Jiggs Bharij, the head of the Met’s fleet services, said that the response has been positive:

“The response from police drivers to the BMW i3 has been very positive. It’s actually a very quick car.”